A little bit About Me
About Me: I hate to talk about me these days. If I have something to say, or like something, or am excited about it, I will speak my mind. I have quiet time and this is good too. I tend to think more and will sometimes think about something all evening. But, since this is the "about me" page I will give you just a LITTLE bit: To start, I am not really anyone but I think therefore I am. I am just a guy that has lived a lot of life and done a lot of things...oh, and has had many interests as well. So much so that some people have a hard time believing it all....heck, I would too if I had not lived it. SO, even though I am just an ordinary guy on one hand, the other hand can say it has been there and done that. I'll boil it down to the short list of just a few things ( in no particular order):
I once Lived in Africa...the deep dark Africa and was in the Army Special Forces (Green Beret). Once I was a Motorcycle Cop and went on to other things. I love to climb big rocks... you call them mountains. El Capitan was the largest to date: 3200 feet! (The straight up rock kind, NOT the snow kind! I kinda like my toes!) I may throw up a few climbing pics later on another page. Currently I am a supervisor over building engineering dept. Hummm...Whiskers on kittens and warm fuzzy mittens, these are few of my favorite things!. My hobbies past rock climbing include making really cool stuff. I love the creative outlet it gives. Hence, you find yourself in my humble lab today!
I have my works in MANY countries including Spain, UK, England, Italy, Germany, Canada, Australia and of course our good old USA. Some of my pieces have been used in photo shoots and even video productions and movies. Of Course, my LARP friends are always in need and I am glad to serve them.
WHY Shagnastylabs? My props work! No offense but why buy a chuck of (all be it really cool looking) resin when you can have a working prop for LESS? I don't know, maybe it's me but $600.00 for a resin model of something that someone else owns too it a little much. Get a custom made for you work for less, and it will shoot, light up, buzz, flash, what ever you want and you wont show up to the ball "in the same dress"!
As you can see, there is a wide variety of things that I have done. Now, hop on over to the other pages and see a few of the things I have MADE! Feel free to contact me with your wild ideas as well. Together we can make it happen! Remember that the photos you see here are only a few of the items I have made under commission or otherwise.
OK, so this is me about 60 feet up a nice pitch in Arkansas. Sorry about the self photo.. especially hard climbing and clicking off a camera!
SHAGNASTY is NOT Nasty:
OK, so I blogged this once but I think I will put it here for ever.... Oliver Shagnasty
pseu do nym : The use of a fictitious name, generally by a writer.
Ladies and Gents, I have news.... Oliver Shagnasty is a pseudonym.... yup, it is true. I tell you this because some seem to think it is a NASTY name! Not so at all! So, with no further recourse, let me set the record straight. Oliver is a short take from the first name Boliver. Shagnasty stands unaltered. Both, or more properly the "full" name of Oliver Shagnasty is taken respectfully from a character that was made up by RED SKELTON. Red was a famous comedian all through the 30's 40's 50's... His alter ego on many shows was Boliver Shagnasty, who was a tinkerer / handyman... NO.. say it aint so! Yes, as my full time occupation is in kinda sorta close but not at all like that character. Jack of many trades and master of a few.
Shagnasty obscene??? Poppycock! (Ah, see there you go again... a little more reading is in order if you think so) Thanks for all the comments both good and bad (or uninformed). Anything that gets us talking and thinking is a good thing. Thanks Red and as Red always said at the end of a show- Good Night and God Bless.
OS
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